Watch Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963) Official Trailer
I Want to Die A Samurai
6.7 / 10 IMDb January 3, 1963 1h 33m
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.
Director
Runtime
1h 33m
Release Date
January 3, 1963
Genre
Action, Thriller, War
Status
Released
Languages
Japanese
Country
Japan
Producers
Cast
Raizō Ichikawa
as Yamasaki Susumu
Shigeru Amachi
as Toshizo Hijikata
Shiho Fujimura
as Shima
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Isami Kondo
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
as Sanjûrô Tani
Jun'ichirō Narita
as Kojûrô Kusunoki
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Kinshiro Matsumoto
as Sôshi Okita
Jun Tazaki
as Kamo Serizawa
Mieko Kondō
as Miyuki
Reiko Fujiwara
as Oume
Ryūzō Shimada
as Shuntarô Furutaka
Matasaburô Niwa
as Kyûzô Okamoto
Yutaka Nakamura
as Matsusuke Sugiyama
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Yotaro Yajima
as Matasaburô Saeki
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Kunikazu Takami
as Hikohei Ôtsu
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Teizô Miyabe
Ikuko Mōri
as Koei Kikyôya
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Toshio Chiba
as Gorô Hirayama
Saburo Date
as Keisuke Yamanami
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Hiroshi Dômoto
as Sanosuke Harada
Production Companies
Daiei FilmAdvertisement
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